Despite turning down contract offers from the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks to play in the NFL, NBA star LeBron James says he still got the itch to play in the NFL via the Daily Mail;
LeBron James has once again breathed life into the seemingly never-ending storyline of him making a run at the NFL during the Thursday Night Football broadcast. James has long been an admirer of football, both at the college and pro level, and revealed he still has ‘an itch’ to play in the National Football League.
Having not played the sport since his high school days at St. Vincent-St. Mary and being 37 years old would all count against The King.
Though that did not stop him thinking about what could’ve and indeed could be during a special episode of The Shop on TNF. ‘You still got that itch to play?’ James’s business manager Maverick Carter asked.
‘Yeah, yeah, I still got the itch to play,’ James replied emphatically. ‘I got the itch, man.’
When quizzed as to what position he would play by guest and entertainer extraordinaire, Jamie Foxx, James named the wideout room as his most likely home.
‘Wide receiver, for sure,’ he said. ‘If I was in the red zone, especially in the red zone. One-on-one… me out there with one of those small lil’ cornerbacks. Just throw it up, just throw it up.’ Los Angeles Rams All-Pro cornerback joined the show and poured icy-cold water on James’ suggestion he would star in the NFL.
‘Bron has no chance, I ain’t gonna lie to you ‘Bron,’ Ramsey told the group. ‘They be saying you’re a red zone threat? Bron, you would’ve got strapped. I would’ve put them paws on him at the line.’ ‘I ain’t never been mossed in my career,’ Ramsey added. James confidently replied ‘I would’ve mossed you, I would’ve mossed you.’
James may have missed his window to play in the league, but he has had opportunities to grace the gridiron. During the 2011 NBA lockout, James was courted by a litany of NFL teams, which he confirmed during a MNF broadcast last year.
The Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks both offered James a contract during the basketball sabbatical.
Ramsey will probably not be asked back after he kept telling LeBron he was lying.
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